New Arrival at Gallery Minerva

Gallery Minerva has announced the arrival of.the newest work from
Mexican National surrealist, Jose Parra.



Image above, "Three Handed Fortune", 35"x27", Oil on Linen, beautifully framed.
Gallery Minerva is located at 8 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC

Blowing Rock Art and History (BRAHM) Celebrates the Holidays

December 11, 2 PM - 4 PM at the BRAHM, 159 Chestnut Street (corner of Chestnut and Main)
Blowing Rock, NC -  BRAHM celebrates the holidays with a community Open House with FREE Admission to the Museum and light seasonal refreshments, including stolen from Stick Boy Bread Company.

A Gingerbread House Workshop ($10/$9 for members) will begin at 2:30 in the Education Center. Houses will be no-bake with a graham cracker base and all materials will be provided. Pre-registration for the workshop is required by December 8. For more information or to register, call (828) 295-9099 ext. 3006 or e-mail lou@blowingrockmuseum.org.

Gallery Minerva Featured Artists

  North Carolina artist, Sharon Dowell expresses the discovery of urban architecture in a way that incorporates energy, tension and vivid emotion. These vibrant works are now available at Gallery Minerva. Photographed above: "Shift 1" and "Shift 2", 96" x 96".




Back by popular demand and arriving just in time for the Holidays, Gallery Minerva is proud to introduce the new works of jewelry artist Jadwiga Cataldo. Stop by the Gallery to view the latest collection.


Gallery Minerva is located at 8 Biltmore Avenue in Asheville NC.

Salamander Gallery "Meet the Artist" Wine and Cheese Reception

June 24, 6PM to 8 PM at The Salamander Gallery "Meet the Artist"  Wine and Cheese Reception. This is the Opening Reception for Johnny dean McCurry. Johnny dean's work will be on display all throughout the month of June.  Come meet the artist and enjoy his art and our "wine and cheese" reception.  The painting shown here is called "Grove" a 30"x 30" original acrylic beautifully framed ~ painted by Johnny dean McCurry. The Salamander Gallery is located at 127C W. Main Street in Burnsville, NC. 

Asheville's Gallery Minerva Updates

Gallery Minerva and Ambiance Interiors are hosting a special book signing event with Susan Sully to celebrate The Home Within Us by Bobby McAlpine. The event takes place on Thursday, June 16th from 5-8 PM. Click  HERE to receive our invitation. RSVP here! Ambiance Interiors is located at 189 East Chestnut Street in Asheville NC

New Paintings at Gallery Minerva: Chris Sedgwick

New studio works have arrived by Chris Sedgwick. The artist will be joining us to celebrate the launch of our 8th year in Asheville. Join us for the Downtown Gallery Art Walk this Friday, June 3rd from 5-9pm. The work shown is: "The Inner Cycle" 37"x65", oil and gold leaf on canvas.

Brevard's 4th Friday Gallery Walk during White Squirrel Festival Weekend

May 27 from 5 PM -9 PM  4th Friday Gallery Walks  is part of White Squirrel Weekend in downtown Brevard NC. Enjoy an evening of Art, Wine and Food  every 4th Friday of the month, from May through December. The Gallery Walk joins a stellar line-up of events for the renowned White Squirrel festival, featuring over a dozen live music performances throughout the weekend. 

Waynesville Art After Dark this Friday

May 6  Head for Art After Dark  and stroll downtown Waynesville's numerous galleries and studios the first Friday of each month, May through December.  The evening includes demonstrations, artist receptions, music and refreshments. What better way to spend a Friday night?

Grovewood Gallery Hosts Easter Egg Hunt

April 23  The Grovewood Gallery and Grovewood Cafe in Asheville host the  3rd Annual Grovewood Easter Egg Hunt   Children ages 2-9 may participate. Cookies and lemonade will be provided for hungry hunters and the Easter Bunny will be stopping by for photos. What a perfect time to visit one of the premier galleries in Western North Carolina!

Skyuka Fine Art Presents Equestrian Show

April 20th from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM:  In honor of Tryon's own 65th Blockhouse Steeplechase race, Skyuka Fine Art is proud to present its first annual Equestrian Show. The show will open April 16th and run until the end of May. Ten artists will be featuring their equine art. Seven of the artists; Joan MacIntryre, Jill Silver, Charles Harpt, Rick Conn, Sarah Holmberg, Erik Olsen and Richard Christian Nelson are local. Two are from Greensboro; Jan Lukens and Tucker Bailey, and one is from Canada; Valerie Hinz.

This not-to-be-missed Equestrian Show featuring exceptional and professional artists in the equine art world will open the weekend before the 65th Blockhouse Steeplechase.  Business hours for the gallery located at 133 N Trade St Tryon  NC, are Tuesday-Saturday 10-5pm

Heartwood Gallery Announces New Work by Joy Tanner

Heartwood Gallery located at 21 East Main Street in Saluda, NC:  Just in...new work from WNC potter Joy Tanner. Joy is a current resident artist at the Energy Exchange in Burnsville, NC. The Energy Exchange captures methane gas from the Yancey County landfill to heat greenhouses, fire a pottery kiln and glass blowing furnaces. The resident artists use this gas to produce functional and decorative objects.

Asheville Artwalks Begin 2011 Season

April 1  The Asheville Downtown Galleries Walk  begins the season's self-guided tour this weekend. The every-other-month event provides the opportunity to explore the diversity of art in downtown Asheville. The walks take place from 5 PM to 8 PM on April1, June 3, August 5, October 7 and December 2 for 2011.
The Asheville Downtown Gallery Association has Twenty-two downtown galleries for you to visit that are listed on the Downtown Gallery Guide with a map to help you along the way at any participating downtown gallery, the Chamber of Commerce, or Pack Place.

"An Inside View" Asheville Art Museum Exhibit

March 18 - July 10 the HOLDEN COMMUNITY GALLERY at The Asheville Art Museum exhibits An Inside View. "The exterior cannot do without the interior..." - Stephen Gardiner, Architect.

An Inside View examines the concept of interior environments as interpreted by a number of artists throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. The word "interior" suggests defined spaces whether they be the interior of a building or a city or even a region. Drawn from the collection of the Asheville Art Museum, this exhibition looks at those interiors familiar to us - in homes, work spaces and public buildings and moves outward to consider interiors within cities and regions.  Read more...

Included in the exhibition are works by regional artists such as Bayard Wootten, Anthony Lord, Will Henry Stevens and Mark Peiser as well as artists external to the region such as Irving Kriesbert, Raphael Soyer and Margaret Bourke-White.

This exhibition was organized and curated by the Asheville Art Museum and sponsored by Village Antiques and Interiors, Inc. and received additional support from Ray Griffin and Thom Robinson. The Asheville Art Museum is located at 2 South Pack Square in Asheville NC.

Spring Classes and the Season's First Show at Penland

One-Week Spring Classes  -  Would you like to get away for a week this spring and learn something new? That's great! There are still available spaces in some one-week spring concentration classes.

One-week session 2: April 10 - 16:
Clay: Glaze Calculation with Jeff Zamek
Textiles: Weaving in Full Color with Kathrin Weber
Print: Innovations in Contemporary Printmaking with Scott Ludwig
Click here for complete class and registration information.

Kiln Building Workshop

Ever been interested in building your own kiln? Love salt firing and want to learn more? Here is your chance -  a two-week salt kiln building intensive led by local potter and kiln builder Shane Mickey, April 17 - 30.
Click here for more information and a downloadable application form.

Karen Karnes Vessel

Many Paths: A Legacy of Karen Karnes

The Penland Gallery is open (Tuesday-Saturday: 10 am-5 pm, Sunday: 12-5 pm), and the first show of the season, Many Paths: A Legacy of Karen Karnes, will open to the public on Tuesday, March 22nd, running until Sunday, May 8th, with a reception on Friday, April 8th, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. The show features the work of living legend ceramicist Karen Karnes and fourteen artists whose lives and work have been touched by her. An online catalog of the exhibition will be available soon.

Click here for a complete schedule of 2011 shows in the Penland Gallery.

Click here for more information about the Penland Gallery and images of featured work.

Artist Reception at Ashe Arts Center Gallery

March 12   The Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center hosts an  Artist Reception for Stephen Shoemaker.  The Gallery offers monthly exhibits local art and craft at 303 School Ave in West Jefferson NC. The Gallery shop includes handcrafted products such as pottery, jewelry, ornaments,  baskets, greeting cards, clay works, textiles and much more.

WHat's new at Gallery Minerva

Michael Parkes:

Gallery Minerva announces the debut of work by "magical realist", Michael Parkes. His illustrations in stone lithography highlight the artist's eye for exquisite detail. We welcome your visit to the gallery to see this group of eight limited edition works on paper. Featured photograph, "Persepolis".


Shane Snider:
North Carolina sculptor, Shane Snider debuts his most recent collection of works which study the elegance of the female form. This group of 6 new pieces can be used indoors as well as in an exterior placement. Please visit or contact the gallery for details. Featured photograph, "Ternary", 14"h x28"w x10"d.

Gallery Minerva is located at 8 Biltmore Avenue,Asheville, NC

Patterns of Perception Artists' Reception in Tryon

March 4 from 6PM - 8 PM at The Tryon Ats and Crafts School.  Patterns of Perception is the current exhibit in the Gallery at Tryon Arts and Crafts.  The community is invited to view this collection and attend the upcoming artists’ reception on Friday at Tryon Arts and Crafts School located at 373 Harmon Field Road.

The exhibit is a fantastic collection of fiber and glass art from over 30 local and regional artists. The show will run through March 31 and showcases stained glass, fused glass, jewelry, quilts, woven items, knitted blankets, linens and so much more, the exhibit is a wonderful representation of the variety of styles, techniques and materials that are used in both glass and fiber arts

Asheville Art Museum hosts Scholastic Art Awards Ceremony

February 20 at 2:00 PM the Scholastic Art Awards Ceremony  will be held at  the Diana Wortham Theatre in Asheville. The Asheville Art Museum, with the assistance of its volunteer docents, partners with the Asheville Area Section of the American Institute of Architects each year to sponsor the Western North Carolina Regional Scholastic Art Awards.

Students in grades 7 - 12 from all across our region are invited to submit work for this special juried competition. The 2011 Western North Carolina Regional Scholastic Award recipients will be honored at a ceremony on February 20 and the exhibition of their artwork will be on view at the Pack Place Community Gallery from January 28 - March 6, 2011. Regional Gold Key recipients' work will be sent to the National Scholastic Art competition in New York City. For more information on the Scholastic Art Awards, please visit www.ashevilleart.org or www.artandwriting.org.

Heartwood Gallery News

Potter~Sequoia Miller~25% off
Collectors take note~Sequoia Miller, one of our favorites, has gone back to school and will no longer be producing the wonderful pots we have loved for so long. What we have left will be 25% off starting Feb. 1.

New Work from Potter~ Karen Newgard
Just in~ New work from one of our favorite WNC potters, Karen Newgard.  Many new designs!

25-40% off Select Items
If you missed our 26th anniversary sale in January because of the weather, don't despair. Take advantage of our February reductions. We have two racks of pottery and one case of jewelry that are greatly reduced and will be discontinued in order to bring in new artists for your 2011 viewing pleasure. Heartwood Gallery is located at 21 East Main Street in Saluda NC.

Blue Spiral Gallery Exhibition: New Times Three

Blue Spiral Gallery through March 26 - Blue Spiral 1’s most diverse annual exhibition, New x 3 introduces artists who have never before exhibited at the gallery.  Presenting work in an array of media and styles, New x 3 offers fresh perspectives for the New Year. Blue Spiral 1 Gallery is located at 38 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville NC.

Echo Gallery in Biltmore Closing Today

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Echo Gallery is closing. The last day of business is today  January 16, 2011.  The Gallery Members express  sadness over the closing, they are very grateful for the opportunity to share their work and the work of other Asheville-area artists with you and for the opportunity provided by Biltmore Park.

The website and  email will remain active for patron inquiries. If you'd like to contact an artist you found at Echo Gallery, please send an email. All of the Echo Gallery artists are in the Asheville area, so look for their work in other fine galleries or at upcoming shows.  gallery@echoasheville.com       http://www.echoasheville.com

Echo Gallery was proud to share the work of many Asheville area artists. The following artists most recently showed work at Echo Gallery:

• Katherine Aimone, Painting
• Kimberly P. Anderson, Sgraffito on Board
• Heather Allen-Swarttouw, Ceramics, Textiles
• Celia Barbieri, The Button Florist
• Dona Barnett, Drawings & Mixed Media
• Jennifer Berkowitz, photography
• Alicia Chatham, Painting & Jewelry
• Stephen Chilingirian, Blacksmith
• Lisa Coulson, Plush Toys
• Dawn Dalto, Ceramics
• Holly de Saillan, Ceramics
• Brian Fireman, Furniture
• Jennifer Goff, Ceramics
• Anna Koloseike, Ceramic Sculpture
• Cynthia Lee, Ceramics
• Timothy Maddox, Furniture
• Genie Maples, Painting
• Laurie McCarriar, Photography
• Tif McDonald, Encaustics
• Stephanie Onel, Jewelry
• Judy Simmons, Textiles
• Alex Stevens, Furniture
• Angelique Tassistro, Ceramics
• Lori Theriault, Ceramics
• Cindy Walton, Painting
• Susan Webb Lee, Textiles
• Susan Webb Tregay, Painting